Light conditions provide important information about the best time and place for seedling
establishment. Photoinhibition of seed germination (PISG), defined as the partial or …

The study of the ecological strategies adopted by seed plants to ensure their success in
different environments is closely related to germination ecology. This implies a careful …

Coastal ecotones can disrupt natural conditions, yielding intricate ecological contexts where
salinity plays a variable role. The aim of this study was to assess the salinity effect on three …

Question Coastal environments have often been described as azonal. While this
characteristic is clear for the foredune system, it seems less evident for more inland fixed …

Aims The early phases in the life cycle of a plant are the bottleneck for successful species
establishment thereby affecting population dynamics and distribution. In coastal …

Seagrass meadows play an important role in marine ecosystems. A part of seagrass
production is also exported to adjacent coastal terrestrial systems, possibly influencing their …

The Silene mollissima (L.) Pers. aggregate is part of section Siphonomorpha Otth. and
currently comprises 11 narrow endemic species of the Western Mediterranean Basin. Three …

Limonium insigne (Plumbaginaceae) is a perennial halophyte endemic to the SE of the
Iberian Peninsula. Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of different salinities …

The declining native orchid Himantoglossum adriaticum H. Baumann is a European
endemic of priority interest (92/43/EEC, Annex II). Northern Italian populations of H …

Environmental stressors such as salinity may affect plant germination and early growth,
eventually impacting the distribution and abundance of more mature individuals. In a lab …